+ School connectedness and the transition into and out of health-risk behaviour among adolescents: A comparison of social belonging and teacher support
- Author:
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McNeely C / Falci C
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of School Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Prevention, Students, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Student, risky behavior, school, social belonging, teacher support
The authors examined the association between perceived teacher support and social belonging in the school community, and the initiation, escalation and reduction of participation in six adolescent health-risk...
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+ An Effective Response to Teenage Crime is Possible - and Cities Are Showing the Way.
- Author:
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Levin, J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Law-Related Educational
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Students
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Schools, Weapons, Youth Violence, homicide prevention
Against the backdrop of a violent shooting on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School, in which 12 students and a teacher were killed and 24 others injured, the author reviews trends in homicide rates...
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+ Youth-violence prevention in the aftermath of the San Diego East County school shootings: A qualitative assessment of community explanatory models
- Author:
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Palinkas, L. A. / Prussing, E. / Landsverk, J. / Reznik, V.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Ambulatory Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Crime, Local, Prevention, Students
- Keywords:
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cause, community model, interview, school shooting
The authors examine the causes of school shootings for their prevention using community models in this semi-structured interview-based qualitative study that took place in 4 San Diego East County communities...
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+ Injury in America: The role of alcohol and other drugs - An EAST position paper prepared by the injury control and violence prevention committee
- Author:
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Soderstrom, C. A. / Cole, F. J. / Porter, J. M.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care
- Topics:
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education/counselling, Mental Health, Prevention, states, Students
- Keywords:
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OHIO, RURAL youth, Schools, gun violence, rural
As reported by the authors -- a committee of trauma surgeons -- alcohol and substance abuse are an important cause of both fatal and non-fatal injury, including firearm injuries. Both alcohol and substance...
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+ Lethal Violence in the Schools
- Author:
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Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- J Health Polit Policy Law
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Public Health, Students
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Firearms, Security Measures, UNITED States, Violence
The author reviewed the incidence of lethal gun violence in schools and some of the different responses that have been suggested (e.g. arming school teachers and teaching them self-defense, screening...
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+ Identifying Core Profiles in Attitudes Toward School Violence
- Author:
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Frisby, Craig L. / Kim, Se-Kang / Wolfmeyer, Mary Anne
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Journal of School Violence
- Topics:
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Prevention, Public Opinion, Students
- Keywords:
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COLLEGE students -- Attitudes, SCHOOL violence, SOCIAL perception, STUDENTS -- Attitudes, school psychologists
The authors developed a survey based on "Q methodology," a means to systematically analyze subjectivity. The survey was designed to reveal individuals' attitudes towards school violence. A total of...
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